Top reasons to buy the Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server v2.0

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1 Top reasons to buy the Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server v2.0 Because the investment horizon for a new digital printing system is from three to five years, it s always good to consider both current and future needs of your print environment when deciding on a new digital printing system. EFI offers two Fiery server platforms for the Xerox Color C60/C70 Printer the external Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server version 2.0 and embedded Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server version 2.0 These two server platforms vary by the level of PDF processing controls, automation, productivity, workflow integration and expandability they offer. This document helps you understand the benefits of an external Fiery server, how it meets your current needs and how it offers built-in flexibility for future growth. Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server only: Standard features The Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server comes with standard features that add productivity, quality and new services to your production environment. These features are not available on the Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server. 1. Faster turnaround times To maximise your engine capacity, you need a high-powered digital front end to process and drive data fast enough to minimise engine idle time. More robust and powerful hardware specifications make the Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server twice as fast compared to the Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server, making it the best choice for production environments. 100% EX-i C60/C70 207% EX C60/C70 2. Flexible variable data printing (VDP) services The robust, open, flexible, and scalable Fiery solution supports all leading VDP formats including PDF-VT, Creo VPS, PPML, and Xerox VIPP and works with all leading VDP composition software and formats for seamless workflows. The faster processing speed also makes offering VDP services more profitable. 1

2 Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server only: Standard features (continued) 3. Perfect PDF printing in a pure PDF workflow Fiery external servers include the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) interpreter for end-to-end native PDF workflows. This allows consistency and flexibility from design to output in hybrid digital and offset print environments, and also ensures correct representation of colour spaces and transparencies. 4. Inline tab separations Create and insert tab sheets directly into documents with Fiery Command WorkStation by entering the text for each tab and specifying the location of the tab at the last possible stage in the print submission process. 5. A way to offer pad printing With external Fiery servers, operators can print pads with ease from a single-page job, and with minimal manual collation of the printed output. 6. Integration with transactional printing workflows The Fiery external server can adapt to legacy transactional printing workflows with features such as Set Page Device to define media pulls and map the output destination, and Sequential Print to ensure the order of the final output is correct. 7. Windows 8.1 Pro OS flexibility Fiery external servers comply with the latest corporate IT standards and provides more efficient administration and implementation of security patches. You can also easily implement standard industry practices such as running anti-virus software. 8. Fiery QuickTouch software The EX C60/C70 Print Server features the new Fiery NX Pro hardware. The NX Pro includes Fiery QuickTouch software on the touchscreen display, which gives faster views of job status information and access to server management. With just a tap, the touchscreen display gives operators easy access to intuitive system installation, backup and restore, plus system diagnostics. 2

3 Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server: Optional features External Fiery servers offer optional software and hardware solutions that add advanced prepress, makeready, automation and workflow integration for high-production print facilities. These features are not available on the Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server. 1. The ability to identify and troubleshoot file problems before it s too late Fiery Preflight, a feature in the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition, quickly checks for missing spot colours, VDP elements, or low resolution images. It prevents problem jobs from printing and helps troubleshoot issues faster. 2. A centralised production workspace for operators Operators can make pre-production changes from the Fiery NX Station GL, a higherefficiency, ergonomically designed work area. The monitor displays the Fiery Ticker for an at-a-glance view of the printing status at a distance. 3. Secure storage for print files The optional removable hard disk drive allows you to lock the server drive into the system for normal operation and remove it to a secure location after powering down the server. 4. A powerful makeready option to produce differentiated output Add Fiery JobMaster to offer advanced PDF makeready capabilities such as insertion of tab pages without the need to design them in the native application, multi-bank and bleed-edge tab setup, page merging, media assignment, finishing, page numbering, plus hard-copy scanning and cleanup. This allows you to produce jobs completely inline and reduce labour costs on manual tab insertion. 3

4 Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server: Optional features While these features are standard on external Fiery servers, you may add them as options to the Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server by purchasing the or stand-alone software tools. Be sure to compare the cost of the Xerox EX-i C60/C70 Print Server with the additional software added for a more accurate comparison to the Xerox EX C60/C70 Print Server 1. Automated Web-to-Print submission, and integration with EFI MIS systems Fiery servers are the only DFE certified by CIP4 job definition format (JDF) IDP-ICS. By adhering to this standard, Fiery servers integrate seamlessly with EFI MIS and Web-to-Print systems as well as with industry-leading third-party prepress workflow solutions such as Agfa Apogee, Heidelberg Prinect and Kodak Prinergy. This helps you more efficiently deliver job specifications, update job status in real time, track job costing data and validate equipment usage. 2. Superior photographic prints Image Enhance Visual Editor, a Command WorkStation plug-in, allows operators to make last-minute edits to a selected image without having to open the image in applications such as Adobe Photoshop. 3. Automated job submission that eliminates touch points Workflow automation in the job submission process with Hot Folders and Virtual Printers reduces errors and saves time, while allowing operators to give more attention to other jobs that require specific finishing and colour settings. 4. Accelerated production with prepress workflow automation Add Fiery JobFlow for cost-effective, advanced prepress capabilities. You can easily configure automated job workflows including PDF conversion, preflight, correction and editing of PDF files, image enhancement, document imposition, plus approval and job ticketing. 4

5 Server comparison FIERY SERVER EXTERNAL- XEROX EX C60/C70 PRINT SERVER v2.0 Fiery System Software Fiery FS200 Pro Fiery FS200 Fiery Platform NX Pro E 300 CPU Operating System Intel Core i5-4570s Processor, 2.9 up to 3.60 GHz with Turbo, Quad Core Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional FES, 64-bit EMBEDDED- XEROX EX-i C60/C70 PRINT SERVER v2.0 Intel Pentium Processor G1850, 2.7 GHz, Dual Core RAM / Hard Disk Drive (HDD) 4 GB / 1 TB SATA 2 GB / 500 GB SATA Removable HDD Not Available Removable Storage DVD-RW/CD-RW Not Available VDP Formats PPML 2.0/2.2/3.0, PDF/VT-1, PDF/VT-2, VPS, Xerox VIPP, Fiery FreeForm Linux Fiery FreeForm Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) INCLUDED Not Available Set Page Device, Sequential Print INCLUDED Not Available PDF/X Output Intent INCLUDED Not Available Pad Printing INCLUDED Not Available Insert Tab INCLUDED Not Available FEATURES AVAILABLE IN FIERY PACKAGES Fiery Hot Folders/Virtual Printers Integration to EFI MIS and Web-to-Print systems Image Enhance Visual Editor, Fiery JDF ImageViewer, Configurable Auto Trapping, Control Bar, Graphic Arts Filters for Hot Folders, Postflight Report, Paper Simulation (w/ white point editing) INCLUDED INCLUDED INCLUDED with Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition (as stand-alone option and with ) with with with Fiery JobFlow Base FREE FREE with Fiery JobFlow Fiery Preflight Fiery NX Station GL (Fiery work stand, Fiery Ticker, 22 monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse) with Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition with Not Available Not Available Fiery Impose INCLUDED Fiery Compose Not Available Fiery JobMaster Not Available Fiery Color Profiler Suite w/efi ES-2000 spectrophotometer Fiery Navigator FREE (first 3 Fiery servers) FREE (first 3 Fiery servers) For more information on all of the features, see the Xerox EX C60/C70 and EX-i C60/C70 datasheets. Visit the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition and web pages for more information on features included in each package. 5

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